"The Fool's Adventure Group: Please allow me to once again thank you in the name of the Principality for your outstanding contributions to the Principality."
"Without your help, the future of the Principality may forever be bleak."
"The principality is in trouble, and everything is in ruins, so please forgive the council for not being able to give you the grandest thank you ceremony for the time being. Please wait for a while before discussing future arrangements and plans for adventurers."
In the empty vestibule, only Duan Qing's low voice echoed for a while. He raised his head and glanced at the black-clothed attendant who had left, and said with a wry smile: "Is this also an order? How does it look like? Just an ordinary letter."
"The letter written in the name of the current highest official of the principality, of course, has to have a higher name." Huanmeng, who came forward, crossed his arms and looked at the paper in Duan Qing's hand: "Then what? It's gone?"
"Of course there are." Duan Qing shook his fingers and made a squeaking sound unique to high-quality paper: "But the rest... should be rewards."
"award?"
Xiao Hongchen and Huan Meng, who jumped to Duan Qing's side after hearing the sound, let out a chorus of praise, and then gathered around Duan Qing: "What rewards are there?"
"Don't worry...let me sum it up."
Wiping the beads of sweat from his head, Duan Qing hurriedly broke away from the two people's trap: "Well... first of all, the station, which is the thing behind us - No. 23 Neil Street, Greennell At the intersection of the streets, the former Stanford family mansion, after a simple meeting, is now given to the Fool Adventure Group to be used as the adventure group’s residence..."
"Wahahahaha!" Then Xiao Hongchen burst into uncontrollable laughter again: "Is there anything else?"
"And... a reward of fifty thousand gold coins... Oops, can't I tell Mengzhu about this?"
"I'm your captain, do you think you can keep it a secret?" Huan Meng glanced at Duan Qing: "Also...could this be a bad check? Where's the money?"
"Well... let's forget about it for now."
Glancing in the direction where the messenger had left, Duan Qing continued to lower his head and read: "Also...give the active members of the Fool's Adventure Group the title of Baron, allowing them to freely enter and leave the principality and enjoy priority...What does this mean? It seems more bearish?”
"For people of your level, please don't act stupid, okay?" Huan Meng squinted his eyes and replied: "This is the official status and recognition given to you by the Principality. It is a proof of identity written on the bright side! Those Principality guards and If the army encounters you again in the future, not only will they not cause you any trouble, they may even give you some support and help..."
"Hey, our Dawn Glory is not so popular in the empire." Huan Meng spat bitterly at this point: "You have gained your reputation too quickly, haven't you?"
"When we turn back to attack the empire, we will also give you a chance to save the emperor. Of course, whether you can save it or not... is not up to us." Duan Qing replied expressionlessly: "Just treat it as a compromise. It’s worth the reward this time.”
"When you guys call me, my baby will be able to take care of himself, okay... No, no, no, I want to be honest!" The man in the windbreaker snatched the page from Duan Qing's hand: "Isn't it mentioned above? My name? If I don’t do it, I won’t do it..."
"Don't worry, I'll take you to see you at worst, and say a few nice words or something..."
"Wow, isn't there a reward for this?"
Huan Meng suddenly pointed to the end of the page: "The reward company will give you a total of twenty items and equipment in the armory... This is a real reward! Come on, there are seven of us in total. You can count on me. Just two pieces, okay?”
"Stop dreaming. The principality has been beaten like that before. How can you expect them to have any incredible equipment?" Duan Qing immediately poured a bucket of cold water on the opponent: "They don't have a royal collection like the empire. The museum, at most, only has standard armaments, and it is already very good to get a set of golden ones that we encountered in the square before."
"A golden set... that thing is pretty good too!"
"You want to take it, but I don't want it."
With a deep sigh, Duan Qing turned around and walked towards the interior of the mansion. The shouts of the bustling players outside the gate behind him were vaguely mixed with Huanmeng's voice reading the last few words in the letter: "Because the principality is currently Please wait a moment for medals and material rewards due to the difficulties you have encountered. If possible, we also support self-collection... This is nothing, it’s too informal!”
"Aren't we the ones who got the mansion for ourselves?" Duan Qing's voice was already fading away: "This is a free world, not an ordinary RPG game where porn can be slapped on your face, rewards and so on..."
"It would be nice to have some."
Cleaning up garbage, sweeping the floor, straightening furniture, repairing broken walls... Duan Qing spent his first day back in the new version of the free world slowly at this pace. It seems that because the previous nobles took away all the valuables when they fled, Duan Qing and the others did not have many useful furnishings in the end. Even inside the garden where many branches and leaves were trampled and bent, there was nothing. The complete vegetation is ready for use. However, for them who had just experienced a catastrophe, all this was not a difficulty. Even in the eyes of Mengzhu, who had little experience in guild management, such trivial matters were just what they were currently doing. One of the little things I encountered: "Since there is nothing, let's just plan our location first! Wow, such a big place... there are so many things that can be done!"
"I want a laboratory and an alchemy room! My mentor gave me so many books...I haven't found a place to put them down yet." The red-haired Qianzhihe jumped up first: "Wait while I study other books. After learning the elemental attributes, I will take the second series of magic as an elective, and I will definitely...will definitely become stronger!"
"There is also a martial arts training ground! How can such a big place do without a place to practice martial arts?" Xiao Hongchen also jumped up immediately: "Everyone in the world has a martial arts training ground that big, we must also have one... uh, something like that Bar?"
"I won't object to a place for martial arts training, but can't you demolish the entire garden?" Xu Yu Liushang stood up with a chuckle: "There is no place to walk and enjoy the beautiful scenery in my spare time... But this is a very frustrating thing. It’s something that makes people sad.”
"If possible... Ninglan also hopes to have a room." The maid in the corner also smiled and said: "Ninglan has many new tea products that she wants to try. If she can succeed..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
The little girl immediately shouted: "Hey, are your demands too high? And this is the headquarters of the adventure group, not a large magical commercial city center. How can we meet so many demands at the same time..."
"It's quite satisfying to be satisfied, just plan it carefully."
Duan Qing shook his head and responded, while pointing to the rockery under the night sky outside the window, which was illuminated by the streetlights shining with magic light: "Isn't there a secret room there? Let Qian Zhihe use it as a magic laboratory. , saving her from accidentally blowing us all up into the sky... The martial arts arena can be placed next to it. It is empty and there is no fear of being bombed. The rockery and pond can be flattened and moved to the garden. Go and keep the scenery over there. The hall on the first floor...including the kitchen and living room are all given to you Ninglan. Just treat them as a place for the adventure group to meet guests and discuss business. The rest of us will Living on the second floor...well, if it's just used as a lounge, it should be able to accommodate it, right?"
"The premise is that there are only so many people in our adventure group." Xu Yu Liushang helplessly spread his hands.
"In the afternoon...none of you made a decision?"
"There are too many people, so I have to accept them all first, and then contact them one by one after making a decision." Mengzhu curled her lips and replied, "Although I haven't looked at any of them until now..."
"...So those guys who usually submit resumes are rejected like this in the end. They don't even have a chance to be looked at, and they are buried in the long river of time...Why are you looking at me like this? You don't know how. You want me to come and see it, right?”
"Of course uncle, after all you are more knowledgeable."
Mengzhu immediately came over with a playful smile: "You have such good vision and strong strength. Of course, you should do this kind of thing. Even Sister Liushang and Sister Ninglan said so! They said you were chosen. Teammates, in the end, are all beings who can punch the world and kick the wings of freedom..."
"Oh, really? Then you can go and win a League Cup championship and come back." Duan Qing suddenly made his face long: "You have been following me for so long, why haven't I seen any progress in you? ?”
"Wha, what! This doesn't mean I'm following you, it's obviously you who follows me! Don't forget, you still owe the adventure group one million!"
"Yes, yes, creditor, I was wrong."
Duan Qing, who lowered his head decisively, dragged his tired body and walked towards the pile of papers in the corner: "Since it's not time to go offline yet, I will first do the work assigned to me by the capitalists. Okay, the rest... will be left to you."
"No problem! Come on!"
"..."
"Try to finish the selection tonight!"
"..."
"That... selected person, remember to show me a look first."
"..."
Burying his extremely sad eyes as he turned around, Duan Qing dove into the pile of paper: "I know, but..."
"Instead of putting all your hopes on me, you might as well work hard on your own." His voice came back in a muffled voice: "Our adventure group..."
“Currently we are also open to recommendations from relatives and friends.”
Reviewing is a very tiring job, and Duan Qing, who has experience, naturally knows this very well, so it didn't take long for him to log off and escape on the excuse of taking a rest.
"Sigh... Is it really necessary to develop a guild?"
Recalling some of the scenes that had happened in his past gaming experiences in his mind, he sighed slightly melancholy, then holding the coffee in his hand, he turned his head and looked towards Cerulean City, which was also entering late at night - —In the gloomy sky that is completely different from that in the game world, the warning lights on the tops of tall buildings are flashing back and forth with a unique rhythm, forming an artificial starry sky above the river of light composed of the endless traffic. image. His pupils lost focus in such a flicker, and his thoughts gradually immersed in past memories. Then at a certain moment, he suddenly woke up and took a deep breath: "No more..."
"Not anymore."
As if to remind himself something, Duan Qing repeated this sentence twice more, and then returned to his game cabin with the coffee cup he had unknowingly emptied. The familiar layout of the cabin once again appeared in front of his eyes, and he suddenly remembered something that seemed far away, as well as a question that a certain woman suddenly asked when he was leaving the cafe two days ago.
"Have we... met somewhere?"
"...Miss, don't we meet often?"
"...I'm talking about reality."
"..."
"Speaking of which... you are dressed very strangely today, and you even wore a special hat..."
"Ah hahaha, just put it on, just put it on, don't think so much..."
Ah……
Looking at the high-end game cabin that he had blackmailed into, he shook his head with some fear, then started the game and returned to the lobby on the first floor of the mansion. Inside the empty hall, the team members led by Mengzhu were completing the relocation of new furniture. He curled his lips helplessly, and then picked up a piece of paper in front of him again: "Anti-warriors... x is the same career, no."
"Fire magician? Repeat, no."
"Double dagger thief, good at sneaking and armor-piercing attacks... Well, the former captain of the Royal Family's second team, good at... leading the team? No, no, no."
"A water magician who has been through battlefield dungeons and has rich battlefield experience... and brings pets? This game also has a pet system? I'm afraid you brought a kitten and puppy to make up the numbers, right?"
"I said……"
Amid his low murmurs, a woman's voice suddenly sounded beside him: "You don't like anyone, do you?"
"None of these people meet the conditions, and I can't do anything about it." Duan Qing said without looking back: "It's not like you don't know the conditions for my selection of people. Compared with those people we had... they are really Too bad. Look...this man claims to be a long-range archer. Archer! Even the magic aiming is so laborious, and he actually wants to play bow and arrow in the free world?"
"...Where's Huan Meng?"
"Didn't he leave a long time ago? He left after cleaning this place. He is not a member of the adventure group, so he cannot stay with us every day... Well, a bleeding warrior, good at wounding and bleeding attacks... Huh! It sounds very good, but unfortunately this genre is second-rate at best..."
"Can you finish watching it tonight?"
"It should be possible. Please believe in my vision and work efficiency. Even if I no longer play games, it is still a profession among professions... Ha, double kitchen knife Berserker, you think I don't know what a kitchen knife is, right? If you can have With such strength as the Angry Demon, why would he come to our group to break up..."
"...Qingshan."
The woman's voice sounded low again: "You... didn't want anyone to join in the first place, did you?"
"..."
The hand that grabbed the next page of paper stopped in the air, and then slowly fell down with Duan Qing's movements: "You...what are you talking about?"
"Ninglan and I had already noticed it when we first came here."
Whispering words slowly squatted beside Duan Qing, holding her long hair that fell to her ears with both hands: "If you still want to be the same person as before... we wouldn't have met so late, right?"
"……yes."
Duan Qing was silent for a while, letting the white color slip from his fingers.
"This is a rare peace, and I... don't want to break it again."
